The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal, and how to set them right /

Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Adam (Journalist) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Built. The roots ; A compromise ; The fall of integrated education
  • Part II: Defended. The tragedy of Lloyd Gaines ; A new guinea pig ; "Segregated as conditions allow"
  • Part III: Failed. This whole facade ; Thirteen years a remedy, thirty years a fight, two centuries a struggle ; What hath we wrought.